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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to student success-based funding recommendations for |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public |
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| 9 | 9 | | junior colleges. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.0593, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (f-1) In making its recommendations under Subsection (f) |
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| 14 | 14 | | relating to institutional appropriations of incentive funds for |
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| 15 | 15 | | public junior colleges based on achievement on student success |
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| 16 | 16 | | measures, the board shall incorporate the consideration of student |
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| 17 | 17 | | success measures, and include appropriate funding recommendations |
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| 18 | 18 | | based on those success measures, achieved in qualified continuing |
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| 19 | 19 | | workforce education courses offered by those colleges for which |
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| 20 | 20 | | credit toward a certificate or associate's degree is not awarded. |
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| 21 | 21 | | For purposes of this subsection, a continuing workforce education |
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| 22 | 22 | | course is considered qualified if the course is consistent with the |
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| 23 | 23 | | role and mission of a public junior college and is designed to |
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| 24 | 24 | | prepare students with skills necessary to attain external workforce |
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| 25 | 25 | | credentials, including a certification or license, or employment in |
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| 26 | 26 | | a specific high-demand occupation, regardless of whether the course |
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| 27 | 27 | | is part of a recognized sequence of courses that requires a specific |
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| 28 | 28 | | number of contact hours. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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